Friend remembers motorcyclist killed in hit and run

FRIENDS OF A MOTORCYCLIST KILLED BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER LAST NIGHT ARE STILL IN SHOCK TONIGHT THE SUSPECT -- WHO EVENTUALLY DITCHED HIS S-U-V AND FLED ON FOOT -- TURNED HIMSELF INTO POLICE LATE THIS AFTERNOON ERIC KAHNERT IS LIVE NEAR MENAUL AND UNIVERSITY WITH REACTION ERIC POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT BLEW THROUGH A RED LIGHT AT THIS INTERSECTION 24 HOURS AGO -- KILLING A WELL KNOWN MOTORCYCLE SHOP OWNER IN TOWN TODAY THE SUSPECT TURNED HIMSELF IN -- THROUGH AN ATTORNEY 1 17 paul was just everybody s friend -2 TOP MARTINEZ HAD BEEN BUDS WITH PAUL SOUTHER FOR 15 YEARS THAT S ABOUT HOW LONG SOUTHER OWNED MOTOR CYCLE WILD ON EAST CENTRAL 2 17 not just the biking community but Albuquerque has lost a great citizen a great person -7 SOUTHER WAS RIDING HIS HARLEY LAST NIGHT NEAR MENAUL AND UNIVERSITY WHEN POLICE SAY A WHITE S-U-V RAN A RED LIGHT AND HIT HIM 6 40 when you re on four wheels if you re not paying attention and run a light run a sign and make an improper turn into a bike the results are never good -9 SOUTHER WAS KILLED IMMEDIATELY POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF THE S-U-V DROVE AWAY THEN A SHORT WHILE LATER GOT OUT AND RAN ON FOOT 3 51 had Paul come across somebody and found them laying there he d stopped to help in fact there are a lot of people in the area paul has stopped to help -7 THIS AFTERNOON 37 YEAR OLD ROBERT FUENTES TURNED HIMSELF INTO POLICE THROUGH AN ATTORNEY POLICE HAVE ASKED US NOT TO SHOW HIS PICTURE BECAUSE WITNESSES STILL NEED TO LOOK AT PHOTO LINEUPS THE WHITE S-U-V WAS REGISTERED TO HIM 4 16 no one knows why he took off and why he turned himself in -4 RIGHT NOW FUENTES IS CHARGED WITH LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE 6 23 this is so sad that somebody just didn t pay attention -3 SOUTHER ENJOYED SPONSORING FUNDRAISERS FOR KIDS HE S SURVIVED BY HIS NOW 18 YEARS OLD DAUGHTER MARTINEZ SAYS SOUTHER MAY BE GONE BUT THE SHOP HE BUILT -- ISN T GOING ANYWHERE SOUTHER S FUNERAL WILL BE THURSDAY MORNING AT DANIELS MORTUARY THE -- NEW MEXICO PATRIOTS MOTORCYCLE CLUB -- IS PLANNING A MEMORIAL BIKE RIDE FOR HIM IN THE NEAR FUTURE REPORTING LIVE IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE EKEYWN4